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Bulgaria Minister: Broken Track May Have Derailed Moscow Train
Society | February 8, 2010, Monday // 18:17
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As section of broken railway track is a possible cause of the derailment of the Moscow-Sofia express on Monday morning, the Transport Minister has announced. Photo by BGNES
A section of broken track was the possible cause of the incident at Kurilo railway station earlier on Monday, when four carriages of the Sofia-Moscow train were derailed, according to the Bulgarian Transport Minister.
Speaking after his visit to the crash site, Minister Alexander Tsvetkov suggested the broken rail as a possibility, but added that the investigation is still ongoing.
The accident had occurred on Monday morning, as the international Moscow-Sofia express was approaching Kurilo station. None of the 49 Bulgarian and Russian passengers were injured in the incident.
Emergency teams and investigators had quickly arrived at the scene. In addition to Alexander Tsvetkov, the site was visited by the Head of the National Railway Infrastructure.
All the rail passengers were transferred to another train that took them to their intended destination, Sofia Central Station.
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